The Fall of Neskaya, Book One of the Clingfire Trilogy , marks the legendary author’s final return to Darkover before her death. Set in the tumultuous era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a terrible time of strife and war, this unique fantasy world is divided into a multitude of small belligerent domains vying for power and land. One ambitious and corrupt tyrant will stop at nothing to control Darkover—even wield the terrifying weapons of the matrix.